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From Earthquakes to Typhoons, August Was a Tough Weather Month
As far as natural perils go, it was mostly about earthquakes in August, with a few tropical storms and typhoons around the world to add to the trouble, according to Aon Benfield's Impact Forecasting ...
Typhoon Leaves Japan on Flood and Landslide Alert
Japan maintained flood and landslide warnings covering much of the nation after Typhoon Halong moved out to the Sea of Japan this afternoon. Halong crossed Shikoku, the smallest of Japan's four main ...
From Sinkholes to Tsunamis: Assessing Nonmodeled Risks That Matter to Your Company
The degree of uncertainty for modeled perils draws a lot of attention from most insurance companies. A significant amount of resources are put into improving data quality, modeling assumptions, model ...
February Storms’ Insured Losses Top $1.5B Globally: Aon Benfield
The latest Global Catastrophe Recap report from Aon Benfield's Impact Forecasting reveals that February storms led to insurance payouts of more than $1 billion globally. Japan experienced record ...
CoreLogic Releases 2013 U.S. Natural Hazard Risk Summary and Analysis
CoreLogic, a residential property information, analytics and services provider, on Wednesday released its annual Natural Hazard Risk Summary and Analysis detailing the most significant natural ...
Alberta Floods Are Costliest Insured Natural Disaster in Canadian History
Estimated insured property damage caused by last June's southern Alberta floods now exceeds $1.7 billion—making it the costliest natural disaster in Canadian history, according to Insurance Bureau ...
First-Half Insured Disaster Losses $20B Globally: Impact Forecasting
Insured losses from natural disasters around the globe reached $20 billion in the first six months of 2013, but still fell 20 percent below last year's first-half figure of $25 billion, according to ...
Longer-Term El Nino Warnings Promise to Help Farmers with Drought, Floods
Scientists have found a way to forecast El Nino weather events in the Pacific a year in advance, long enough to let farmers plant crops less vulnerable to global shifts in rainfall, a study showed on ...